Venecia observada

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

Este testimonio de Yasuaki Yamashita, sobreviviente de la bomba atómica lanzada en 1945 en la ciudad de Nagasaki, es una gran muestra del espíritu de supervivencia humano en situaciones críticas. Y deja una clara sensación de que en la guerra el drama no termina en el campo de batalla, sino que sus consecuencias persiguen a la humanidad, aún en la reconstrucción.

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Esta colección de ensayos del premio nacional de historia 2006 viene a dar cuenta del progreso intelectual que ha tenido Gabriel Salazar a lo largo de los últimos treinta y cinco años de escritura sobre la historia y el sentido de su oficio. Gabriel Salazar ha sido durante los últimos treinta años uno de los más relevantes e imprescindibles expositores de la Nueva Historia Social, una corriente de historiadores que procuraron una nueva interpretación de los procesos políticos, económicos y sociales ocurridos en Chile durante los siglos XIX y XX. Con su trabajo superaron los límites...